I’m thrilled to return to the DC Chocolate Festival this year, on Saturday, April 27, where I’ll speak on The Value of Chocolate!
The full title of my talk: The Value of Chocolate: Benefits to People and Planet / Who Sets Prices, Who Profits?
My slides are here. See the comments section below each slide for info, ideas, research, and links.
Here is my post on last year’s Festival and my talk; stay tuned for this year’s event photos!
[Post-event update — scroll down below my signature for these 2024 materials:
- event photos are below my signature,
- along with a Confectionery News article related to our topic, and,
- by request, I’m also attaching my Golden Age Cookies recipe below; I’m thrilled attendees enjoyed the cookies!]
In the meantime: cacao and chocolate are priceless!
Valerie
Valerie Beck
Chocolate Uplift Founder
Professor Valerie Beck Tutoring and Coaching
[Below: my Golden Age Cookies recipe as requested, and photos from the 2024 event!]
Article relating to our topic:
Oxfam slams large chocolate companies at World Cocoa Conference
22-Apr-2024 By Anthony Myers
Against a backdrop of cocoa topping $11,000 per metric ton on the futures market for the first time last week, Oxfam says its experts will be highlighting the discrepancies in farmgate price at this week’s World Cocoa Conference (WCC) in Brussels (21-24 April).
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